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Science News (www.sciencenews.org)
(05/18/02) Vol. 161, No. 20, P. 318; Harder, Ben
Cambridge Biostability has developed a means of
manufacturing vaccines in perfluorocarbons. The technique could prove very
useful because the vaccines are able to be stored for a month without having to
be refrigerated or rehydrated. The fact that little financial incentives exist
for pharmaceutical products in developing countries may make companies averse to
having to go through the additional regulatory requirements for new vaccine
formulations. Cambridge's
Bruce J. Roser notes that the situation could be alleviated by market guarantees
from agencies such as the World Health Organization.
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